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The price has crept up a bit over last year though, with the base cost now at $2200 USD. But that is only with 128GB of storage, which really isn't sufficient , so most users will have to jump up to the $2400 USD 256GB model. That's expensive to be sure, but for the money you get one of the best notebooks with one of the best displays money can buy, even several months after launch.

If you can't afford the power of this year's Blade, you can still fetch the previous model, at a discount, for $1,700 on Razer's site. But, if you've got money to spend, there's no gaming laptop that I would recommend more than the new Blade.

Still, the rest of us probably won’t have long to wait: Nvidia’s new power-saving Maxwell chips for powerful gaming laptops are right around the bend, and it’s only a matter of time before they appear in the new Blade. If I know Razer, the company will stop at nothing to produce the perfect gaming laptop. It has a damn fine one right now. We’re just not quite there yet.

The 2014 Blade not only represents a significant evolutionary leap over last year's model, but a commendable attempt to push the entire category forward. And while the company's ambition is commendable, the Blade would have been better off with a more practical display to deliver better performance and a more attractive price.

Razer’s newest gaming laptop trades ultralong battery life for a fantastic screen and even better graphics. It’s a trade worth making: this is the best Razer gaming laptop, and the best thin gaming PC anywhere.

It’s beautiful, streamlined design is miles in advance of a lot of other high-end gaming laptops. As a small high-end gaming laptop with long battery life, it definitely is an all around excellent device. If you are looking for a small, trustworthy, streamlined gaming laptop, then you could merely have to consider the Razer.